Patrick Boucheron | |
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Born | Paris, France | 28 October 1965
Education | Lycée Marcelin Berthelot Lycée Henri IV |
Alma mater | École normale supérieure de lettres et sciences humaines |
Occupation | Historian |
Employer | Collège de France |
Patrick Boucheron (born 28 October 1965)[1][2] is a French historian. He previously taught medieval history at the École normale supérieure and the University of Paris. He is a professor of history at the Collège de France. He is the author of 12 books and or the editor of 5 books. His 2017 book, Histoire mondiale de la France (Global History of France), compiled work by 122 historians and became an unexpected bestseller, with more than 110 000 copies sold.[3] From 2017 to 2020, he hosted Quand l'histoire fait dates, a TV program of 22 episodes which explored different important dates in world history.